# ẹkọ
## Igala
### Alternative forms

* ẹ́kọ́ọ̀

### Etymology

From ẹ́- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kọ̀ (“to grumble, to growl, to bark”), literally “that which growls”, cognate with Yoruba ẹkùn.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ́.kɔ̀/

### Noun

ẹ́kọ̀
* leopard; big cat
    Synonyms: ábítì, ẹ́lá-iná, ọ́mátāīna

### References

* John Idakwoji (2015 February 12) An Ígálá-English Lexicon, Partridge Publishing Singapore, →ISBN

## Yoruba
### Etymology 1

From ẹ̀- (“nominalizing prefix”) +‎ kọ́ (“to learn; to teach”)

#### Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛ̀.kɔ́/

#### Noun

ẹ̀kọ́
* lesson
* education

##### Derived terms

* akẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (“student”)
* ẹ̀kọ́ ilé (“discipline”)
* ilé ẹ̀kọ́ (“school”)
* olùkọ́ (“teacher”)
* ìdánilẹ́kọ̀ọ́ (“training”)

### Etymology 2

Compare Nupe èkwa

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̀.kɔ̄/

#### Noun

ẹ̀kọ
* corn pap
    Synonyms: oori, àgìdí

##### Synonyms

Yoruba Varieties and Languages - ẹ̀kọ (“corn pap”) :
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| Language Family | Variety Group | Variety/Language | Subdialect | Location | Words |
| Proto-Itsekiri-SEY | Southeast Yoruba | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | Oǹdó | oi |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Èkìtì | Àdó Èkìtì | ori |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Àkúrẹ́ | Àkúrẹ́ | ori |
| Proto-Yoruba | Central Yoruba | Èkìtì | Mọ̀bà | Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì | ori |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Àwórì | Àwórì | Èbúté Mẹ́tà | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Èkó | Èkó | Èkó | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | Ìbàdàn | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbàràpá | Ìbàràpá | Igbó Òrà | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Ìbọ̀lọ́ | Òṣogbo (Òsogbo) | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | Ìlọrin | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òtù | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìwéré Ilé | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Òkèhò | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìsẹ́yìn | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ṣakí | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Tedé | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Oǹkó | Oǹkó | Ìgbẹ́tì | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | Ọ̀yọ́ | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Nàìjíríà | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northwest Yoruba | Standard Yorùbá | Standard Yorùbá | Bɛ̀nɛ̀ | ɛ̀kɔ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Northeast Yoruba/Okun | Owé | Owé | Kabba | ẹ̀kọ |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Akpáré | ìkàtì |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Atakpamɛ | ìkàtì |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Est-Mono | ìkàtì |
| Proto-Yoruba | Ede Languages/Southwest Yoruba | Ifɛ̀ | Ifɛ̀ | Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti) | ìkàtì |
| Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo. ||||||

##### Derived terms

* ẹlẹ́kọ (“pap seller”)